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Smol AINews launches Kimi K2-0905 and Qwen3-Max 1T open weight models

Smol AI has released previews of two new open-weight models: Kimi K2-0905 and Qwen3-Max. Both models boast a context window of 1 trillion tokens, a significant expansion in their ability to process and retain information over long interactions. This release makes these powerful models accessible for further research and development within the AI community. AI

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Smol AINews launches Kimi K2-0905 and Qwen3-Max 1T open weight models

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  1. Smol AINews TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Kimi K2‑0905 and Qwen3‑Max preview: two 1T open weights models launched

    **Moonshot AI** updated their **Kimi K2-0905** open model with doubled context length to **256k tokens**, improved coding and tool-calling, and integration with agent scaffolds. **Alibaba** released **Qwen 3 Max**, a **1 trillion parameter** model with agent-oriented behavior, av…